This pages if for Priana, Jane, Iris and Loralie.

Chapter 8:

8.1 Introduction: By Iris
-Makkah was a sacred place to worship
-God made Abraham build the Ka'ba
-Makkah is Islam's most sacred city and the center of Islamic worship
-Muhammad and his followers triumped around Arabia

8.2 Arabia During Muhammad's Time: By Iris
-Muhammad was born at Makkah
-Makkah was prosperous, religious, and was a trade center
-Pilgrims and other people came to Makkah to worship
-There was no central government in Arabia
-Arabia tied many cultures

8.3 Muhammad's Early Life
- Loses mother first then father
- Lives with uncle after grandfather's death
- Introduced to life of a merchant
- Proposed to by Khadijah
- Has one daughter out of all children who continues bloodline of Muhammad

8.4 The Call to Prophethood
- Lived as merchant often goes into mountains to pray
- Receives message from God/Allah through Angel Gabriel
- Years later still receives message
- passes messages on to family and soon followers also
- Words later recorded in Qur'an

8.5 Muhammad's Teachings Meets with Rejection
- Started gathering many followers
- Others that did not want Muhhamad to succeed boycotted against him
- Muhhamad still went strong despite the haters
- Went on Night Journey
- Visited Allah and Moses; went to heaven and Jerusalem

8.6 From the Migration to the End of His Life
-The people of Madinah invited Muhammad to live there
-They respected Jews and Christians b/c they were people of the book
-Muhammad’s followers won battles and conquered the holy city of Makkah
-Destroyed the statues of other gods in the Ka’ba shrine
- In his Last Sermon, Muhammad said “be faithful and treat each other well."



8.7 and 8.8
- Muhhamad dies in 632 A.D. :(
- 4 caliphs
- Abu Bakr - 1caliph
- Umar Sayyiduna
- expanded the Muslim Empire; war starts when Umar
dies and rewards high official duties to friends.s